{{Short description|American rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Box Elders | image = BoxEldersMiddleEast.jpg | caption = Box Elders performing in 2010 | landscape = yes | origin = Omaha, Nebraska, United States | genre = {{hlist|Bubblegum pop<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/artists/box-elders,3069/ |title=Box Elders | Artists | the A.V. Club |website=The A.V. Club |accessdate=April 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430215042/http://www.avclub.com/artists/box-elders%2C3069/ |archivedate=April 30, 2010 }}</ref>|garage rock|punk rock}} | years_active = 2005–2010 | label = {{hlist|Goner|HoZac|Burger|Grotto}} | website = | current_members = * Jeremiah McIntyre * Clayton McIntyre * Dave Goldberg | past_members = }}
'''Box Elders''', a self-described "Cave pop"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/8281108|title=The Mistaken Press interviews Box Elders}}</ref> band, began initially in 2005 as a goof-off project of fifteen-year-old Clayton and his twenty-nine-year-old brother Jeremiah McIntyre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timmcmahan.com/boxelders.htm|title=Lazy-i Interview: Box Elders --August 2009}}</ref> The brothers' mother originally sang in the band, but soon quit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Box_Elders/|title=Free Music Archive - Box Elders}}</ref> Eventually they started to play shows around Omaha, Nebraska. After seeing a free show, Dave Goldberg was enlisted to join and simultaneously play organs and drums. They spent much of 2008 and 2009 on the road before releasing their debut album ''Alice and Friends'' on August 11, 2009. The album's name comes from a vegan barbecue restaurant in Chicago of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freewebs.com/boxelders/bio.html |title=Box Elders Bio |accessdate=April 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116151521/http://www.freewebs.com/boxelders/bio.html |archivedate=November 16, 2009 }}</ref> They embarked on a tour of the United States in October 2009 with labelmates Jay Reatard and Nobunny and in March 2010 with Black Lips.<ref>https://archive.today/20120730214041/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid2=844&fid1=41089&csid1=0</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/black_lips_tour_1.html|title = Black Lips touring, playing 3 NYC-area shows w/ Box Elders (Dates), played w/ Mastodon's Brent Hinds on NYE (Video)}}</ref> Box Elders began an indefinite hiatus in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/comments/around_the_table/ |title=The Reader | Omaha, Nebraska | Around the Table |access-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025752/http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/comments/around_the_table/ |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Musical style== The band is influenced by 1960s rock and roll, punk rock, conspiracy theories, the DIY ethic, Coast to Coast AM and the John Peel Sessions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/10/20/box-elders-jeremiah-mcintyre-interview-i-would-lose-my-mind/|title=Box Elders: I Would Lose My Mind}}</ref> The band is known for making short, but catchy songs about an interesting array of topics including walking ("One Foot in Front of the Other"), the end of the world ("2012"), goblins ("Alice & Friends"), a childhood hippie neighbor who hunted with Ted Nugent ("Ronald Dean") and necrophilia ("Necro").
==Band members== * Jeremiah McIntyre – vocals, guitar * Clayton McIntyre – vocals, guitar * Dave Goldberg – drums, keyboards
==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Alice and Friends'' (2009)
===7" singles=== * "Box Elders 7" (2008) * "Box Elders – Hozac Hookup Klub 7" (2010)
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==External links== * [http://www.myspace.com/boxelders MySpace page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100107015342/http://inktankmerch.bigcartel.com/products Merchandise site]
Category:Musical groups from Nebraska
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